Facial matching system risks racial bias, Human Rights Law Centre warns

Submission says bill would disproportionately affect ethnic minorities, and damage freedom of assembly and expression

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Facial matching technology proposed by the government risks racial bias and would have a chilling effect on the right to freedom of assembly without further safeguards, the Human Rights Law Centre has said.

The warning is contained in a submission to a parliamentary committee inquiry examining the Coalition's proposal for the home affairs department to collect, use and disclose facial identification information.